15 December—Not only has Donald Trump come out in favor of canning Daylight Saving Time and going to year-round Standard Time, he actually agrees with Richie Blumenthal (of all people) that those pesky drones of unknown origin sighted over New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania should be shot down.

Of course, Blumenthal wants the night-flying drones shot down only “if necessary,” which to him means only if they’re posing a threat to a military facility or other critical infrastructure. Evidently he doesn’t care about just plain people, especially when they don’t live in Connecticut and can’t vote for him if he decides to run again in 2028 when he’ll be 82. Just a few months older than Donald Trump, as it happens.

Trump, on the other hand, wants the unidentified drones shot down. Period. And, frankly, who can blame him? Even if the drones aren’t spying for the Axis of Evil or doing other sinister things, they’re a pain the neck—literally, since lots of people have to crane their necks to observe them.

The White House, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and FBI are downplaying any threats from the drones. So why has Speaker of the House Mike Johnson been given a classified briefing on them? And why hasn’t Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer been briefed like Johnson?

As usual, there’s something the government we’re supposed to trust without question is keeping from us for its own sneaky, self-serving reasons. So what else is new? You wonder if the DHS, DOD, and FBI have briefed Joe Biden. And if so, why not Donald Trump?

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Before leaving Trump, then, the once and future POTUS goes and spoils a fairly positive weekend by announcing that he wants his daughter-in-law Lara—Eric’s wife—whom he made co-chair of the Trumpican National Committee earlier this year, to be appointed to fill Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat when the Senate confirms Marco as Secretary of State. Lara and Eric are Florida residents, as are Donald and Melania.

Trump could just be testing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s loyalty and willingness to kowtow, of course, which he has every reason to doubt. But it’s just as likely that he’s seeing how far he can go before he pisses off more of his lackeys than whose obeisance he can afford to lose.

As governor, DeSantis could appoint himself to Rubio’s vacant seat. But judging by past self-appointments, that would have ultra-dire political consequences. So, much as he’d rather be in Washington, it’s doubtful ambitious DeSantis will do it or, as is the practice, make a deal with his gubernatorial successor to appoint him to the vacant seat.

It’s not unexpected that J.D. Vance, Trump’s opportunistic former severe critic and current vice president-elect, will be the Trump Party’s presidential candidate in 2028. But it ain’t necessarily so. And Ron DeSantis would doubtless be delighted—make that eager—to run as a Republican as opposed to a Trumpican.

In all events, it’s hoped that DeSantis will tell or has told Trump where to get off—at least about Senator Lara . . .